The current and former workers who filed suit claiming racial discrimination against a Dr Pepper Snapple plant in Northlake include (left to right) Archie Hayes, Jermaine Benson, Aaron Gould, Daniel Williams and Robin Murray. (Tribune / E. Jason Wambsgans)
On his first day of work in 2005 at a beverage warehouse in west suburban Northlake, Germaine Benson said he immediately felt tension between black and Hispanic workers.But by 2007, conditions had grown much uglier as Hispanic supervisors repeatedly subjected black employees to racial insults such as "donkey," "monkey" and the n-word, said Benson, who is African-American.
This week Benson and six other current or former employees of the Dr Pepper Snapple warehouse filed a federal lawsuit that alleges systematic discrimination took place for more than two years before management took meaningful action.The seven workers are seeking more than $1 million each in damages. Most of them joined the company in 2007. - [Chicago Breaking News]
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